Surface Anatomy

Question 1

• Visualization in the “mind’s eye” of structures
that lie beneath the skin

• Learn by observing the surface of the body

• Basis for the physical examination of the body
that forms part of physical diagnosis

Answer 1

Surface Anatomy

Question 2

Thoracic Wall

• Composed of :

Answer 2

1] bones 2] muscles

• > vertebrae
• > ribs
• > sternum

Question 3

Passes thru sternum

Answer 3

Midsternal line

Question 4

left and right

Answer 4

midclavicular line

Question 5

along anterior axillary fold

Answer 5

Anterior axillary line

Question 6

Apex beat [Point of maximum impulse] =

Answer 6

5th ICS, left midclavicular line

Question 7

AB - PMI

Answer 7

5ICS LMCL

Question 8

Ant axillary fold

Answer 8

Ant axillary line

Question 9

Post axillary fold

Answer 9

Post axillary line

Question 10

separating the body into its anterior, or front, and posterior, or back, halves

Answer 10

Mid axillary line

Question 11

drains fluid from lungs

Answer 11

Tube Thoracostomy

Question 12

middle part. between sternocleidomastoid

Answer 12

jugular notch

Question 13

head of sternum. 2nd intercostal space

Answer 13

sternal angle of louise

Question 14

lowest part of ribs

Answer 14

costal margin

Question 15

• large, visible dip where the
clavicles join the sternum.
• young normal person
• no palpable pulse

Answer 15

Jugular or suprasternal notch

Question 16

• suprasternal pulse
• adult =
• child =

Answer 16

aortic arch aneurysm

coarctation of the
aorta.

Question 17

junction of manubrium and the body of

sternum

Answer 17

Sternal angle

Question 18

Sternal angle

Answer 18

• manubriosternal joint or Angle of Louis

Question 19

• palpable clinical landmark
• marks the approximate level of the 2nd
pair of costal cartilages
• Level of T4 vertebrae

Answer 19

Sternal angle

Question 20

• marks approximately the beginning and
end of the aortic arch

• bifurcation of the trachea into left and right
main bronchi.

Answer 20

Sternal angle

Question 21

medial margin formed
by the false ribs --
specifically, from the
seventh rib to the tenth
rib

Answer 21

Costal margin

Question 22

shoulder blade, is a large triangular-shaped bone that lies in the upper back.

Answer 22

scapula

Question 23

33 individual, interlocking bones that form the spinal column

Answer 23

vertebrae

Question 24

seventh cervical vertebra

Answer 24

Vertebra or spina prominens

Question 25

• most distinctive
characteristic
• existence of a long and
prominent spinous
process
• palpable from the skin
surface

Answer 25

Vertebra or spina prominens

Question 26

cervical spine

Answer 26

thoracic
lumbar
sacral
coccyx

Question 27

prominence about the centre of the outer surface of the squamous portion of the
occipital bone

Answer 27

External occipital

protuberance

Question 28

• conical prominence
projecting fr undersurface of
the mastoid portion of the
temporal bone
• behind the external acoustic
meatus
• lateral to the styloid process
• larger in the male

Answer 28

Mastoid process

Question 29

4 areas

Answer 29

quadrant

Question 30

9 areas

Answer 30

region

Question 31

increase fatty diet, salt , alcohol

Answer 31

gall stones

Question 32

distal mucus fistula. to rain fluid

Answer 32

ileostomy

Question 33

may incision

Answer 33

open cholecystectomy

Question 34

laparoscope. better quality.

Answer 34

laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Question 35

where spermatic chord pass through

Answer 35

inguinal ligament